Cognitive fusion and Experiential avoidance

By Andrew on 14th December 2017 — 1 min read

When faced with stress, we tend to go one of two ways:
1. We lock in to our current approach, becoming rigid and inflexible, or
2. We do whatever we can to avoid whatever is causing the stress, if necessary at great cost to ourselves or others

When design collaboration becomes stressful, this plays out as:
1. People digging their heels in
2. People switching off